> [!infobox|right] > > #### The Spellplague > > ![[5E_SPELLPLAGUE.png]] > > ##### Historical Event Information > > | | | > |---|---| > |![[ICON - bookmark-etch-solid-full.svg]] **Type**: | Cataclysm | > |![[ICON - question-solid-full.svg]] **Celebrated**: | No | > |![[ICON - sparkles-solid-full.svg]] **Seasonal**: | No | > |![[ICON - house-chimney-window-solid-full.svg]] **Location**: | [[Artimis]] | > |![[ICON - sparkle-solid-full.svg]] **Cause**: | Magical catastrophe | > |![[ICON - head-side-brain-solid-full.svg]] **Legacy**: | ???? | <a href="https://dioctionary.net/THE+DIOCTIONARY/HOME/Home" class="dioctionary-ribbon-2"> HOME </a> <div class="dioctionary-ribbon">A Brief History</div> - The **Spellplague**, known by some as the _Blue Breath of Change_, was a devastating magical catastrophe that began in 1385 DR with the death of [[Mystra]], the goddess of magic. Her assassination shattered [[the Weave]], the very structure that governed arcane power, unleashing raw and uncontrolled magic across [[Artimis]]and beyond. What followed was not a single event, but a decade of instability, later remembered as the Wailing Years. Across the Realms, magic failed, twisted, or turned violently against those who wielded it. Blue fire storms swept the land, warping creatures, reshaping geography, and tearing entire regions from their foundations. Nations collapsed, cities vanished, and pieces of [[Artimis]] were violently exchanged, leaving the world altered in ways that could not be undone. Those who survived often carried scars, physical, mental, or arcane, marking them as forever changed. Though the Spellplague’s most violent years ended around 1395 DR, its effects lingered for decades, leaving behind corrupted lands, unstable magic, and a world struggling to regain balance. Its legacy ultimately led to the events of [[The Second Sundering]], as the gods moved to restore order to what had been broken. Even in the present day, the memory of the Spellplague remains a reminder that magic itself is not constant, and that the forces that shape the world can just as easily unmake it.